Paving the way 🛣️ ​ The final road surface and line marking inside the West Gate Tunnel is now complete! ​ Crews have laid 15,000 tonnes of asphalt that make up the final road surface for the twin tunnels that run under Yarraville.​ The focus in now on the extensive tests to ensure tunnel safety systems, lighting, traffic management systems and ventilation fans are fully operational when the twin tunnels open in December 2025. ​ Learn how you’ll use the West Gate Tunnel before it opens westgate

Six months after shocking the world by abdicating the British throne, the Duke of Windsor—formerly King Edward VIII-- married Wallis Simpson on #ThisDayInHistory in 1937. The Duke claimed he could not carry out his duties as king “without the help and support” of the woman he loved, a 41-year-old American who had been married, divorced, and married again by the time she met Edward. With the British government, the Church of England, and his family all opposing their marriage, even after she divo